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Friendship Quiz: What kind of buddy are you?

[eastciti.com, December 28] You can often tell if a person is kind by looking at the way he or she treats animals. Likewise, the friends you make and the way you treat your friends can reveal a lot about your personality, your positive and negative qualities, your goals and your fears.

Take the test (and a good, hard look at how you treat your friends) to find out more about your personality and find out how you can become a better friend.

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1.	It's a lovely Sunday. Your gal pal calls you up and pops over for a lazy afternoon of brunch and chats. You are most likely to talk about:

	That boyfriend problem she has been repeating to you for over a hundred times.

	How to prepare that proposal for the next huge project that is due in 2 week's time.

	What you are going to wear and who will be attending that smashing Millenium Party that you and your friends have planned.

	Old friends and what is going on with the family.

2.	Over mahjong, you find out that A is seeing another person behind B's back. You:

	a. Share with 1 or 2 close friends and discuss if you should tell B, since B is a good friend, too.

	b. Tell it to someone else in the hope that they will tell you some juicy gossip in return.

	c. Keep it to yourself.

	d. Mention it to the next person you happen to talk to.

3.	You realise that you have not seen a particular close friend for some time and she has not made any effort you call you. You will:

	Call her to check out what's wrong. She could be upset about something.

	Wait for her to call. Maybe she is just busy. You see her at work every day, anyway.

	Not be too worried. It is natural that friendships get stale after a while, anyway. She will get over that stage and call you back when she does.

	Call her up. It's probably your turn to call, anyway.

4.	You follow your boyfriend to his company's D&D. You barely know anyone there and your boyfriend leaves you to fend for yourself among the crowd. You:

	Start talking to the lost-looking people in the crowd bid to provide them and yourself with some company.

	Talk to the person next to you about her job and tell her a little about your work. Who knows, the contact may come in useful in future.

	Search for a group of friendlier-looking people and join in their conversation.

	Talk to anyone standing beside you. Maybe you can meet a few interesting people at this party.

5.	It is the end of the year again. Your roommate wants both of you to renew your apartment lease, but you'd like to get your own place. You:

	Forget about looking for a place of your own. She looks like she really needs some company.

	Tell her that you will only agree if you get the bigger room.

	Say you are sorry but you really need a change of environment and explain to her that you have been looking forward to living alone for a long time.

	Suggest that you both get separate rooms next to each other. That way, you can still see each other every day.

6.	You've broken up with your ex-boyfriend because you have drifted apart. Do you:

	Relegate him to become your automatic best guy friend for life.

	Keep him around. He will certainly help you inspire some jealousy in new boyfriends.

	Slowly lose touch only to find the both of you turn into hi-bye friends when you meet him at a party a year later.

	Still send him an electronic greeting card faithfully during each festive season.

7.	7. The Monday blues strikes again and you are going through a huge pile of work left behind by another colleague who is on holiday. Huffing and puffing through your work, your colleague comes in to tell you about the amazing job she has just landed in. You:

	Offer to treat her to a celebration lunch after you have finished your work.

	Ignore her. You wouldn't want to show her how envious you are.

	Start to mentally organise her going-away party and take action after you have finished your work.

	Feign more enthusiasm than you feel but schedule a catch-up lunch with her 6 months in advance.

8.	It's the time of the year to send greeting cards again. You take out your address book only to find that it:

	Contains the birthdays, address and phone numbers of all your friends.

	Has post-its and business cards all taped in.

	Has exactly the same addresses and phone numbers as you have in your office organiser.

	Is getting quite messy with all the cross-outs and post-it notes stuck everywhere. Maybe it's time to get a new address book.

9.	Whenever you meet a nice person, you find that you will attempt to know him/ her better when:

	She looks like she is really lonely and she seems to need a friend.

	She seems to now a lot about job leads or has some helpful career tips. You never know when you will need to change jobs.

	You feel that he/she is interested in becoming your friend.

	You find that he/she is rather outgoing like you.

10.	You would make a good:

	Bartender- you are a sympathetic listener and acting agony aunt for most of your friends, anyway.

	CEO- you are very focused when it comes to work and others have often commented on your ability to manage people.

	Cruise-ship director - You enjoy organising get-togethers for your friends.

	Neighbourhood grocer- You know everybody's names and needs by heart.

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